Healer burnout: are you suffering from “compassion fatigue”?
By Jena Griffiths | November 29, 2010
“Healing is more about being, and less about doing”. Prit Gill MD
I’m just off the call with Dr Prit Gill MD on the topic healer burnout.
He made some profound points on the nature of healing and the role of the healer in society.
Dr Gill gave useful advice to help healers from all traditions avoid the natural danger of healer burnout.
Gill said all healers experience burnout at some point in their career
We discussed high risk personality traits for burnout such as
- feelings of uniqueness
- an unyielding sense of conviction
- and visions of grandiosity
As well as behavioural risk factors such as:
- isolation from peers and society
- a singular life focus
- a failure to transition from life mission to vocation with a passion.
Cures discussed included
- developing and nurturing friendships with peers,
- the importance of balance and having other interests
- setting healthy boundaries and
- the need to let go and allow clients to be in charge of their own life process.
We also discussed compassion, deeksha, spiral meditation and how healing occurs.
Dr Gill said that healing is more about being and less about doing. The healer enables the patient to heal themselves by by “holding the fears of the patient at bay.”
We discussed the appropriateness of letting go versus holding clients.
Sometimes by scheduling the next appointment the client feels held. It’s a simple way of creating a “space” for healing to take place.
To listen to the replay of this call
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Healer Burnout: are you in danger?
By Jena Griffiths | November 27, 2010
Our next interview will be with Dr Prit Gill on Healer Burnout: healing and caring for yourself.
Date: 29 november 2010
Topic: Healer Burnout
On Monday 29 November I’ll be interviewing Dr Gill on healer burnout. Dr Gill has worked as a healer for 33 years. He is assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and identifies himself as being a holistic physician who happens to be anchored by allopathic scientifically derived medicine. Dr Gill’s life journey has afforded him a rather diverse and different vantage point from which to view his chosen profession.
During the call Dr Gill will be sharing his vast experience with you.
You’ll learn about:
- the role of the healer in society
- What is healer burnout? How to recognize the dangers
- High Risk Personality traits. Is this you?
- What sort of behaviors make you a high risk candidate?
- How to prevent burnout and ensure lifelong joy and reward in healing.
Please forward this link to anyone you know of who may benefit.
Who is Dr Prit Gill?
Dr Gill was born and raised in rural black tribal Africa and had his early formal education grounded in Africa. Hence he absorbed the tenets of practice as well as the role and influence of the traditional African Medicine man and his art very early in his career. Time invested at a Catholic monastically driven seminary allowed him an education into the medieval healing rituals of early western tradition. Because of circumstances related to his family’s spiritual roots he is deeply steeped and influenced by the heritage of Eastern thought and faiths (Buddhist/Hindu/Sikh) as they pertain to the healing of human physical and psychic pain.
In addition having for many years worked intimately with relatively isolated Native American populations on Indian Reservations in Oklahoma and North Dakota, Dr Gill has also assimilated into his perceptual universe the ancient healing wisdom of Native Americans.
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Can’t say no
By Jena Griffiths | November 18, 2010
The third call in our series with Richard is TODAY,
18 November 2010 at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern,
7pm UK, 8 pm Switzerland/Central Europe, 9 pm SA.
The topic is “Can’t say no”
Jena Griffiths interviews Richard Unger
We’ll be exploring all the finer nuances between hand markers and
how your hands show you the way out.
Here is the link to register for this call plus more information:
Earth-school-topic-3-cant-say-no
(If you’re already a member of Earth School Inner Circle please check your mailbox for your dial in details.)
or sign in for all the links inside the Inner circle memeber’s zone.
Why register for this call?
We each have our area of speciality: Business, partnership, communication…
Hand Analysis is a precise language and Richard is the go-to expert for precision understanding of hand markers and their intricate compounding of marker combinations.
That’s like specialising in grammar rather than writing novels or “how to do XYZ” books!
Over the coming weeks we’ll be exploring the topic “can’t say no” right here in Earth School
with other experts who specialise in solving this predicament.
For more on why listen to Richard read my post:
Are you in danger of “pidgin” hand analysis?
Previous calls in Earth School with Richard:
Our last call with Richard Unger was on burnout.
We covered a lot of ground on this topic discussing surprising
ways burnout shows up in hands. Causes and solutions to this
problem that one wouldn’t normally consider.
The first call was on depression -Its in your hands.
Links to both these calls are in the tabs above and also here.
Hope to have you with us later today. If you can’t make the call, register anyway and you’ll get links to the replay.
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Cures for depression: Jump
By Jena Griffiths | November 15, 2010
Exercise is one of the bests ways to counter depression.
Yesterday we were climbing alps in the glorious sunshine but today we’re in the freezing fog.
Jena jumping for joy
As my mother used to say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
🙂
What I do in times like this is put on my Jumps and run or dance on the spot in my living room.
(I also go running in them outdoors when the weather isn’t too bad).
They’re a great way to elevate your mood. And you often meet new people because they’re so unusual.
I discovered Jumps through a fitness training friend in Johannesburg but actually they’re a Swiss invention!
If you’d like a pair here’s where you can get more info
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Cures for depression: best books
By Jena Griffiths | November 11, 2010
The best book I’ve come across on healing depression is by Daniel Amen and Lisa Routh.
Dr Amen uses state of the art brain scanning to identify which of 7 different types of anxiety and depression you might be. Each type requires a different treatment. There ‘s a self diagnosis questionnaire so you can do this without the expense of a brain scan.
Some types of depression are treatable with belly breathing, gratitude, Vitamin D (sunshine), fish oil and exercise. Being outdoors in nature. Also experiment with how you hold your body. For example, opening up your chest and stretching out your arms in a winning position. Sounds simple and it is!
Other forms may require more specialist treatment. See the interviews with Judith Kravitz (breath work) and Itzhak Beery (shamanistc perspective).
If you’re struggling with depression I recommend this book :
Healing Anxiety and Depression
For severe depression/ on bipolar disorder – you might also want to check out Kay Redfield Jamieson’s book The Unquiet Mind An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
and her other books. More about Kay Redfield Jamieson
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Cures for depression: gratitude
By Jena Griffiths | November 11, 2010
One of the most powerful cures for depression is gratitude. This sounds crazy but it really works.
I recently discoverd this beautiful gratitude journal created by jack Canfield and DD Watkins.
It’s a hard cover and has such an abundant feel, color and texture it’s a joy to have and hold.
And the price is really generous.
I love it so much I’ve ordered several more copies so I can give them to friends as Christmas gifts.
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Cures for depression: Ilahinoor
By Jena Griffiths | November 8, 2010
I recently interviewed Kiara Windrider on a new way of accessing healing energy through Ilahinoor, which uses an additional chakra point at the back of one’s head.
Kiara Windrider
Kiara was previously a psychotherapist but now travels the world training people in this new system. He is author of Journey into Forever and has some fascinating views on Earth changes, magnetic fields and how he sees radical changes in these fields impacting on us and our energetic systems.
We talked about existential depression, Mayan calanders and the so called “end of the world” which he sees simply as a scheduled magnetic readjustment.
Kiara’s new way of accessing healing energy creates a bridge that bypasses the thinking mind, grounding this energy deeper into one’s physical body.
You can access the replay of this interview in the free auditorium of Earth School.
Register on the right of this page. It’s free.
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Cures for depression: Ilahinoor
By Jena Griffiths | November 8, 2010
I recently interviewd Kiara Windrider on his new way of accessing healing energy called Ilahinoor.
Here’s the replay of the call.
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Healing the heart of depression – free call with EFT expert Michelle Hardwick
By Jena Griffiths | November 8, 2010
‘Healing the heart of depression’
This is your personal invitation to join me on Monday, 8th November 2010 while I interview international EFT trainer Michelle Hardwick on getting to and healing the heart of depression. Michelle works with clients and students worldwide to understand, release and transform their depression using a number of powerful tools including EFT, NLP, hypnosis and spiritual coaching.
During the call with Michelle you’ll discover:
- How EFT can help release stagnant emotions that contribute to depression.
- Core issues connected to depression
- Foods that maintain depression and can block EFT
- Ways to create balance in your life
- and lots more…
Date: Monday, 8 November 2010
Time: 3 pm Central Europe Time, Switzerland, 10 pm Shanghai/Hong Kong, 2 pm UK, 4 pm South Africa, .)
Once you have registered you will have access to a replay page where you can listen to the call again
or download it onto your computer or ipod.
To register for this free call type in your First Name and Primary Email
where shown below and then click the “Submit” button.
If you miss this call, register anyway to get instant access to the replay
Once registered you can type in any questions you have for Michelle into the box provided.
We’ll answer your question during the call.
Looking forward to having you with us.
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”
— Albert Camus
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Can’t say no? Interview with Richard Unger
By Jena Griffiths | November 2, 2010
The next call with Richard Unger will be on 18 November 2010.
Topic: ‘Can’t say no.’
During this call we’ll be looking at how hands reveal the various reasons why people can’t say no
and how each reason has a different solution.
Whether you yourself can’t say no or you’re a healer, a coach, a psychologist
or an advanced hand analyst, this call with deepen your understanding and give you more insight to better serve your clients.
On the call you’ll learn :
* the different ways not being able to say no show up in hands
* what each marker means exactly.
* how to understand the finer nuances and differences between these markers.
* how to talk to and help clients who have any of these markers.
* how knowing more about your hands helps you get to the core of your condition and shows you the way out.
This is an online hand analysis class with the genius behind modern hand analysis.
To register for this call or find out more
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